Most Important Issue in 2016 Election (October 2016)
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| category | column-1 |
|---|---|
| The economy | 17% |
| Immigration | 10% |
| Foreign policy | 4% |
| Terrorism | 9% |
| Health care | 7% |
| Education | 3% |
| Race relations | 3% |
| The criminal justice system | 1% |
| Gun policy | 3% |
| Police-community relations | 3% |
| Nominating Justices to the Supreme Court | 25% |
| Trade with other countries | 2% |
| National security | 9% |
| Other | 5% |
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| category | Not supporting Donald Trump | Supporting Donald Trump |
|---|---|---|
| The economy | 19% | 14% |
| Immigration | 5% | 17% |
| Foreign policy | 5% | 2% |
| Terrorism | 8% | 10% |
| Health care | 10% | 4% |
| Education | 6% | 0% |
| Race relations | 4% | 1% |
| The criminal justice system | 2% | 0% |
| Gun policy | 4% | 2% |
| Police-community relations | 5% | 0% |
| Nominating Justices to the Supreme Court | 16% | 35% |
| Trade with other countries | 3% | 0% |
| National security | 6% | 12% |
| Other | 7% | 3% |
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| category | Not supporting Hillary Clinton | Supporting Hillary Clinton |
|---|---|---|
| The economy | 16% | 18% |
| Immigration | 13% | 6% |
| Foreign policy | 3% | 4% |
| Terrorism | 10% | 8% |
| Health care | 5% | 11% |
| Education | 2% | 5% |
| Race relations | 1% | 5% |
| The criminal justice system | 1% | 2% |
| Gun policy | 2% | 5% |
| Police-community relations | 0% | 7% |
| Nominating Justices to the Supreme Court | 30% | 18% |
| Trade with other countries | 1% | 2% |
| National security | 11% | 5% |
| Other | 5% | 5% |
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| category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| The economy | 19% | 21% | 14% |
| Immigration | 5% | 9% | 15% |
| Foreign policy | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| Terrorism | 7% | 4% | 13% |
| Health care | 11% | 5% | 4% |
| Education | 6% | 3% | 0% |
| Race relations | 5% | 0% | 1% |
| The criminal justice system | 2% | 0% | 0% |
| Gun policy | 5% | 7% | 1% |
| Police-community relations | 6% | 2% | 0% |
| Nominating Justices to the Supreme Court | 19% | 18% | 33% |
| Trade with other countries | 2% | 2% | 1% |
| National security | 4% | 15% | 12% |
| Other | 6% | 11% | 3% |
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| category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| The economy | 15% | 14% | 13% |
| Immigration | 17% | 10% | 17% |
| Foreign policy | 4% | 2% | 2% |
| Terrorism | 5% | 19% | 14% |
| Health care | 2% | 7% | 3% |
| Education | 0% | 0% | 1% |
| Race relations | 0% | 4% | 0% |
| The criminal justice system | 0% | 0% | 1% |
| Gun policy | 2% | 2% | 0% |
| Police-community relations | 1% | 0% | 0% |
| Nominating Justices to the Supreme Court | 45% | 22% | 31% |
| Trade with other countries | 0% | 0% | 2% |
| National security | 5% | 14% | 14% |
| Other | 3% | 5% | 2% |
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| category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
|---|---|---|---|
| The economy | 19% | 23% | 17% |
| Immigration | 4% | 6% | 4% |
| Foreign policy | 0% | 4% | 4% |
| Terrorism | 2% | 17% | 5% |
| Health care | 15% | 11% | 10% |
| Education | 6% | 9% | 5% |
| Race relations | 6% | 0% | 6% |
| The criminal justice system | 3% | 0% | 2% |
| Gun policy | 4% | 6% | 5% |
| Police-community relations | 12% | 3% | 6% |
| Nominating Justices to the Supreme Court | 16% | 12% | 24% |
| Trade with other countries | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| National security | 3% | 3% | 5% |
| Other | 10% | 4% | 4% |
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| category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
|---|---|---|---|
| The economy | 14% | 21% | 15% |
| Immigration | 3% | 9% | 14% |
| Foreign policy | 4% | 5% | 2% |
| Terrorism | 3% | 11% | 11% |
| Health care | 12% | 10% | 3% |
| Education | 5% | 5% | 1% |
| Race relations | 4% | 5% | 0% |
| The criminal justice system | 3% | 1% | 0% |
| Gun policy | 5% | 3% | 2% |
| Police-community relations | 3% | 5% | 2% |
| Nominating Justices to the Supreme Court | 27% | 12% | 33% |
| Trade with other countries | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| National security | 7% | 7% | 11% |
| Other | 9% | 5% | 3% |
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| category | Leaning conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
|---|---|---|---|
| The economy | 15% | 21% | 8% |
| Immigration | 8% | 10% | 21% |
| Foreign policy | 4% | 2% | 2% |
| Terrorism | 15% | 10% | 9% |
| Health care | 5% | 4% | 1% |
| Education | 3% | 0% | 1% |
| Race relations | 1% | 0% | 1% |
| The criminal justice system | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Gun policy | 1% | 3% | 2% |
| Police-community relations | 0% | 4% | 0% |
| Nominating Justices to the Supreme Court | 23% | 30% | 41% |
| Trade with other countries | 3% | 1% | 4% |
| National security | 15% | 13% | 7% |
| Other | 7% | 2% | 4% |
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| category | Leaning liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
|---|---|---|---|
| The economy | 20% | 16% | 7% |
| Immigration | 4% | 3% | 2% |
| Foreign policy | 8% | 3% | 3% |
| Terrorism | 5% | 2% | 4% |
| Health care | 10% | 18% | 7% |
| Education | 7% | 2% | 8% |
| Race relations | 2% | 6% | 3% |
| The criminal justice system | 6% | 2% | 1% |
| Gun policy | 6% | 5% | 3% |
| Police-community relations | 3% | 1% | 5% |
| Nominating Justices to the Supreme Court | 21% | 28% | 32% |
| Trade with other countries | 1% | 0% | 0% |
| National security | 3% | 9% | 7% |
| Other | 5% | 7% | 16% |
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| category | Democrat | Republican | Tea Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| The economy | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Immigration | 4% | 18% | 15% |
| Foreign policy | 5% | 4% | 0% |
| Terrorism | 6% | 16% | 5% |
| Health care | 10% | 4% | 1% |
| Education | 6% | 0% | 1% |
| Race relations | 5% | 2% | 1% |
| The criminal justice system | 2% | 0% | 0% |
| Gun policy | 5% | 1% | 2% |
| Police-community relations | 5% | 1% | 4% |
| Nominating Justices to the Supreme Court | 20% | 19% | 39% |
| Trade with other countries | 2% | 2% | 0% |
| National security | 5% | 12% | 11% |
| Other | 5% | 2% | 4% |
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| category | White | Black | Hispanic |
|---|---|---|---|
| The economy | 14% | 15% | 25% |
| Immigration | 11% | 4% | 12% |
| Foreign policy | 3% | 2% | 5% |
| Terrorism | 9% | 16% | 8% |
| Health care | 5% | 9% | 13% |
| Education | 2% | 3% | 5% |
| Race relations | 1% | 11% | 2% |
| The criminal justice system | 1% | 3% | 0% |
| Gun policy | 3% | 5% | 3% |
| Police-community relations | 1% | 11% | 4% |
| Nominating Justices to the Supreme Court | 33% | 6% | 10% |
| Trade with other countries | 1% | 6% | 0% |
| National security | 10% | 5% | 8% |
| Other | 6% | 2% | 4% |
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| category | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| The economy | 20% | 14% |
| Immigration | 10% | 11% |
| Foreign policy | 5% | 2% |
| Terrorism | 7% | 11% |
| Health care | 5% | 9% |
| Education | 3% | 3% |
| Race relations | 2% | 4% |
| The criminal justice system | 1% | 1% |
| Gun policy | 3% | 3% |
| Police-community relations | 5% | 1% |
| Nominating Justices to the Supreme Court | 26% | 24% |
| Trade with other countries | 2% | 1% |
| National security | 6% | 11% |
| Other | 6% | 4% |
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| category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
|---|---|---|---|
| The economy | 18% | 16% | 16% |
| Immigration | 9% | 11% | 11% |
| Foreign policy | 2% | 5% | 1% |
| Terrorism | 9% | 7% | 15% |
| Health care | 7% | 7% | 9% |
| Education | 5% | 2% | 3% |
| Race relations | 1% | 4% | 1% |
| The criminal justice system | 3% | 0% | 0% |
| Gun policy | 4% | 3% | 3% |
| Police-community relations | 6% | 1% | 4% |
| Nominating Justices to the Supreme Court | 20% | 28% | 23% |
| Trade with other countries | 3% | 1% | 0% |
| National security | 8% | 9% | 9% |
| Other | 4% | 5% | 6% |
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| category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The economy | 12% | 20% | 19% | 13% |
| Immigration | 8% | 11% | 13% | 6% |
| Foreign policy | 7% | 5% | 2% | 2% |
| Terrorism | 17% | 7% | 6% | 11% |
| Health care | 8% | 9% | 7% | 5% |
| Education | 5% | 5% | 3% | 0% |
| Race relations | 3% | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| The criminal justice system | 1% | 1% | 2% | 0% |
| Gun policy | 3% | 5% | 2% | 3% |
| Police-community relations | 5% | 5% | 2% | 1% |
| Nominating Justices to the Supreme Court | 12% | 17% | 27% | 43% |
| Trade with other countries | 4% | 1% | 1% | 1% |
| National security | 10% | 6% | 9% | 11% |
| Other | 6% | 7% | 5% | 1% |
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| category | No high school | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The economy | 27% | 18% | 12% | 16% | 22% | 13% |
| Immigration | 18% | 15% | 8% | 14% | 6% | 8% |
| Foreign policy | 4% | 1% | 6% | 2% | 2% | 9% |
| Terrorism | 8% | 16% | 10% | 8% | 4% | 1% |
| Health care | 6% | 10% | 9% | 4% | 5% | 4% |
| Education | 10% | 2% | 3% | 8% | 2% | 4% |
| Race relations | 0% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 3% | 1% |
| The criminal justice system | 0% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% |
| Gun policy | 11% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 7% | 2% |
| Police-community relations | 0% | 4% | 1% | 11% | 2% | 1% |
| Nominating Justices to the Supreme Court | 10% | 15% | 24% | 17% | 34% | 41% |
| Trade with other countries | 0% | 3% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 2% |
| National security | 4% | 8% | 12% | 9% | 7% | 7% |
| Other | 2% | 4% | 7% | 6% | 3% | 6% |
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| category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The economy | 13% | 17% | 19% | 24% |
| Immigration | 11% | 14% | 4% | 7% |
| Foreign policy | 4% | 1% | 5% | 3% |
| Terrorism | 9% | 13% | 11% | 2% |
| Health care | 7% | 6% | 7% | 12% |
| Education | 2% | 3% | 4% | 6% |
| Race relations | 3% | 3% | 4% | 1% |
| The criminal justice system | 1% | 1% | 0% | 2% |
| Gun policy | 2% | 2% | 7% | 4% |
| Police-community relations | 4% | 3% | 1% | 0% |
| Nominating Justices to the Supreme Court | 26% | 24% | 20% | 29% |
| Trade with other countries | 3% | 1% | 0% | 1% |
| National security | 9% | 8% | 11% | 6% |
| Other | 5% | 5% | 7% | 4% |
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| category | The Bible is the word of God, to be taken literally | The Bible is the word of God, not to be taken literally | The Bible is a book written by men |
|---|---|---|---|
| The economy | 12% | 19% | 18% |
| Immigration | 14% | 9% | 7% |
| Foreign policy | 4% | 3% | 4% |
| Terrorism | 13% | 9% | 1% |
| Health care | 8% | 6% | 11% |
| Education | 4% | 3% | 4% |
| Race relations | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| The criminal justice system | 0% | 2% | 1% |
| Gun policy | 2% | 1% | 8% |
| Police-community relations | 5% | 4% | 0% |
| Nominating Justices to the Supreme Court | 23% | 27% | 26% |
| Trade with other countries | 3% | 1% | 1% |
| National security | 8% | 10% | 6% |
| Other | 3% | 4% | 8% |
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| category | No College Education | College Educated |
|---|---|---|
| The economy | 16% | 19% |
| Immigration | 12% | 7% |
| Foreign policy | 3% | 5% |
| Terrorism | 12% | 3% |
| Health care | 9% | 5% |
| Education | 4% | 3% |
| Race relations | 3% | 3% |
| The criminal justice system | 1% | 1% |
| Gun policy | 2% | 6% |
| Police-community relations | 3% | 2% |
| Nominating Justices to the Supreme Court | 19% | 37% |
| Trade with other countries | 2% | 1% |
| National security | 10% | 7% |
| Other | 6% | 4% |
